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" I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody. "

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" I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people. "

" A record is a message, timeless. "

" I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection. "

" Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive. "

" I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line. "

" This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened. "

" People love me everywhere I go. "

" I've never read one book about my father. "

" Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live. "

" Sometimes my mistakes turn into interesting music because I do things that aren't supposed to be done. "

" It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show. "

" I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are. "

" 'Master Blaster,' by Stevie Wonder, is up-tempo and fun, like Stevie himself. Stevie's always making jokes; he really knows how to put people at ease. He's one of my inspirations, as a musician and a person. "

" I like Flea, I like him as a musician. "

" I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good. "

" I run four times a week. And I don't count miles - I don't do that. I don't care about that. I care about how I feel, and I run according to how I feel. "

" It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do. "

" URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages. "

" Even if I wasn't in music, even if my father was a carpenter, some guy in Jamaica would go 'You're just like Bob. You're just like your father.' That happens in Jamaica all the time. "

" The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message. "

" Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people. "

" I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey. "

" Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package. "

" I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it, without even learning it, without even hearing it. "

" I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big. "

" Some of my songs I don't do on tour because they don't work well live. "

" I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas. "

" Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage. "